skinny
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Jeans remain the core of Levi’s business, and skinny, slim, bootcut and straight fits still make up the bulk of its bottoms segment.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
The small, skinny, teenage midfielder was very protective of his flowing locks.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
I was naturally skinny, but suddenly, at 15, my body began to change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
The fits came into focus: Alex Israel in a skinny suit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
The cat was skinny, wet from the rain, and didn’t have a collar.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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“It skinnies it a bit to make it a little more palatable going forward, but it focuses on some of our youngest learners and our highest-poverty elementary schools,” Riccelli said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
To loose-fit evangelists who have — since at least 2020, when comfort became the priority during pandemic lockdowns and denim brands struggled for survival — been declaring skinnies uncool, that may come as a surprise.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
The last thing he wants is for developers to swoop in and demolish buildings that could be saved, just to make way for tall skinnies and Airbnb’s.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 15, 2020
Casting aside the signature skinnies and grinnies that characterize the glossy pages of Elle and Vogue, Mirabella in its fashion pages features lesser-known models with figures of more realistic proportions.
From Time Magazine Archive
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They cloth themselues with the skinnies of those beasts, because they haue nothing else to make them apparell withall.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard
Type B communities offer a skinnier version of the lifecare contract.
From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026
Coca-Cola is selling soda in skinnier, cheaper bottles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Sophie T: It comes back to not needing to change yourself in a society that pressurises us constantly to be skinnier, taller, to read more books and be the best at hobbies.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025
One of the cat’s paws was injured, and he was skinnier than Gonzales remembered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
She was two years younger than the youngest orphan, not to mention Smaller and skinnier, and Lommy and Hot Pie took her silence to mean she was scared, or stupid, or deaf.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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It can claim to be one of Britain's skinniest homes, but there was plenty of interest when a house in the south Wales valleys sold for just under £45,000, around twice the estimate.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
“Without looking over my shoulder first, it’s one of the first places I ever wore my skinniest pair of jeans without being afraid of what someone might call me.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
I sneaked bread to the skinniest cows and mourned the death of each chicken, goat and dog.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2020
I’ve also found that the skinniest, prettiest person in the room is oftentimes the saddest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2019
The Mona Lisa was tiny—the size of the smallest, skinniest tourist at the Eiffel Tower.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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